# NTSB SEA82DA053: Weatherly 201C, N9231W, Espanola, WA, April 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1982, 05:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Espanola, WA
- Location: 47.6032° N, 117.7416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Espanola, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6032&lon=-117.7416&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70618/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA053

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - miscellaneous - undetermined (cause)
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING CLIMB THE ENGINE POWER SUDDENLY WENT TO IDLE. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A SOFT PLOWED FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND DURING THE ENGINE EXAMINATION HOWEVER IT WAS NOTED THAT CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9231W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9231W-2008-04-09), registration cancelled 2008-04-09, S/N 1037, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEATHERLY 201C
- Registry model: [Weatherly 201C](https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201c) (registry code 9630410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1037
- Airframe hours: 840
- Engines: P & W R985-AN3 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 137
- Operator: Glen Coons Cropcare Aviation
- Registered owner: Leonard T. Coons
- Departed: ESPANOLA, WA
- Destination: 075, DEER PARK, WA
- Airport: Ag Strip, runway 27, 2,600 × 50 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 27,800 total, 800 in this make and model, 70 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 99 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GEG, 6 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820417010229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417010229A), Apr 17, 1982: Wthrly 201C, Espanola, WA, Substantial damage. Engine went to idle shortly after takeoff. Landed in plowed field, nosed over. Condition good for carburetor ice.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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